Origins Genesis, Evolution and Diversity of Life /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Seckbach, Joseph. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edición:1st ed. 2004.
Colección:Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 6
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2522-X
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origin & Evolution of Life
  • The Fact of Life
  • Historical Review of the Origin of Life and Astrobiology
  • In the Beginning
  • The Standard Scenario
  • The Chemistry of Life’s Origins
  • Prebiotic Amphiphilic Compounds
  • Theoretical and Computational Approaches to the Study of the Origin of Life
  • The HCN World
  • The Possible Role of Volcanic Lightning in Chemical Evolution
  • Chemistry in Prebiotic Aerosols: A Mechanism for the Origin of Life
  • Alternatives to the Standard Scenario
  • Prebiotic Interplay Between Fatty Acids and Amino Acids in Hydrothermal Environments
  • The Role of Clays in the Origin of Life
  • Organomineralization
  • The First Steps of Biological Evolution
  • Role of Nucleotide-Like Coenzymes in Primitive Evolution
  • Cosmic Thermobiology
  • Paradigm Completion for Generalized Evolutionary Theory with Application to Epistemology
  • The First Cells
  • The Outlines Of Bacterial Evolution
  • Cell Wall Structures of Mesophilic, Thermophilic and Hyperthermophilic Archaea
  • Potential Role of Dissimilatory Iron Reduction in the Early Evolution of Microbial Respiration
  • The Evolution of Lipids in Prokaryotes
  • Calcium Build-up in the Precambrian Sea
  • The Viral Eukaryogenesis Theory
  • Extremophiles & Biodiversity
  • To The Extremophiles
  • Alkalithermophiles: A Double Challenge From Extreme Environments
  • Halophilic Microorganisms: Physiology and Phylogeny
  • Adaptation of Bacteria to the Terrestrial Permafrost Environment
  • Phototrophic Bacteria Under UV Stress
  • Importance of Chemolithotrophy for Early Life on Earth: The Tinto River (Iberian Pyritic Belt) Case
  • Glacial Periods on Early Earth and Implications for the Evolution of Life
  • The Evolutionary Ecology of Species Diversity in Stressed and Extreme Environments
  • Microbial Diversity in Meso-Neoproterozoic Formations, with Particular Reference to the Himalaya
  • Microbial Biodiversity within the Vibrionaceae
  • Distribution & Destiny of Life in the Universe
  • Comets and the Origin of Life on the Primitive Earth
  • Evaluating Comets as A Source of Earth’s Water
  • From Microbial Fossils to Astrobiology
  • Organisms in Extreme Environments: From the Origin and Early Evolution of Life on Earth to Astrobiology
  • A Brief Geological History of Water on Mars
  • Evolution of the Martin Water Inventory
  • Possible Biogeochemical Cycles on Titan
  • Astrobiology’s Last Frontiers.